Police apologise for Babes in the Wood failings after double child killer escaped justice for 30 years in bungled probe

POLICE have apologised for their failings in the Babes in the Wood case after a double child killer escaped justice for 30 years.

Russell Bishop strangled nine-year-old Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway in Brighton in 1986 but was cleared of the double murder a year later.

PA:Press AssociationKaren Hadaway and Nicola Fellows were killed in Brighton in 1986[/caption] PARussell Bishop was jailed for life in 2018 but died four years later[/caption] Bishop had accused Nicola’s...